Damn Idol Episode 123

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Sedalbaekil's fan club kit created a huge amount of buzz.

It wasn't just the idol version.

Even ordinary people were curious.

It doesn't make sense in common sense.

Just a few days ago, it was revealed that Sedalbaekil does not have an agency and is an independent label that produces their own albums.

So people enjoyed the twist that SedalBaekIl was not an idol but an indie band, and even gave them a strange nickname, "Indie Idol."

-ㅋㅋㅋ To begin with, the name 3dalbaekil doesn't make you feel like an idol lol.

-Ah, the name was foreshadowing~

-But these guys are damn good. I listened to a lot of Seoul Town Funk. If they perform in Hongdae, will I go see it?

-Oh, I see? You don't have to go to Gocheok Dome ticketing or anything like that. The price will be cheap too.

-Wouldn't the performance fill about 1,000 seats?

-Maybe this kind of activity isn't a bad thing?

Meanwhile, the public's response to the fan club recruitment that began was 'I need money.'

The reaction of the stone plate was much colder.

So, the moment Sedal101's fan club kit was released, question marks popped into everyone's minds.

-No, how is this possible?

-Even for 3 months, the production quantity is not very large, so the unit price must be high, right?

It is common for non-mainstream groups to incur losses while trying to match their kit assortment.

However, Sedalbaekil's fan kit was not at that level.

Case, design, even the materials of the items.

There is nothing lacking.

The quality of the figures was even high, and the delivery process from payment confirmation to delivery was incredibly fast.

Considering that I did not have an agency, this was incomprehensible.

Because of this situation, those who had been ridiculing Sedalbaekil's fan club recruitment quickly changed their course.

-It looks like your parents have a lot of money. I hope so.

-This is my first time seeing a spine breaker doll.

-Somehow he acted immorally. There was a part of me that believed.

-Am I the only one who thinks this is tarnishing stone tablet culture?

-It's obvious that we'll be a burden to other groups, but our thoughts are too short.

But it was no use.

-Eh? They say this is a kit that the Sedalbaekil members produced with their own money?

-Does our public website have this function? It's amazing haha

-(picture)

-(Link) And this is a streaming link haha

-how is it? Did you get an answer?

Sedalbaekil's official website had various functions, one of which was to ask questions to Sedalbaekil.

According to the function description, the question itself can be asked by any fan club member.

However, not all questions are addressed to Sedalbaekil.

When you post a question, fan club members can check each other's questions, and you can click recommend or dislike.

As the number of recommendations increases, a best mark is given, and this was the format delivered to Sedalbaekil.

However, if there are more dislikes than recommendations, the post will be taken down.

Here, someone asked a question about Sedalbaekil's kit production process.

Questions about the production cost or the source of the cost disappeared after receiving a barrage of disapproval, but the production process was worth asking.

Sedalbaekil members collected these questions and conducted a Q&A through real-time streaming.

There was a lot of talk about who chose which goods, which ones were design candidates, that the official color was deep blue, etc... … .

Naturally, there was talk about production costs.

[Ah, the production cost was made with the copyright fees for the song we released when we were coming up next.]

[I really spilled the beans!]

[Jaeseong... … . There's no need to say things like that.]

[Oh, yes.]

[Actually, Zion's stake is absolute, but when it is settled later, it should be set at 1/N.]

[Ion, isn't the expression 'settlement' a bit strange?]

[Oh, that's right. Then what should I say?]

[well. Earn money… … ?]

Lee Ion, who was possessed by the commander throughout the Q&A, said something, but it was a live stream.

Of course, the story had no choice but to spread.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ There is a group that hasn't debuted on a music show yet, but is earning a lot of royalties?

-Seeing as Hansion's stake is absolute, it seems like they've spent all the money they earned on music, from under the streetlight to falling flowers?

-Honestly, wouldn't the two songs given to Drop Out and NOP be enough?

-Oh right. There is that too.

-Look at how Shion thinks about the team. Honestly, it seems like a waste!

In fact, what Sedal101 said was a staged half-truth.

It is true that fan kits can be produced with their royalties.

There are so many great songs, from Seoul Town Funk to Resume.

But you can only produce it.

Accommodation and practice room usage fees.

Website and application production costs.

Labor costs for staff to manage the website and fan club memberships.

Storage cost, shipping cost, logistics cost of fan kit.

Even the cost of clothing and makeup.

If you think about the money it takes to run a team, it's hard to imagine.

So, a lot of Han Si-on's personal money went into this.

Nevertheless, the reason they said this was to manage their image.

Beggar idols are not good, but chaebol idols are also not good.

Because there is no feeling of urgency at all.

But that doesn't mean that Sedalbaekil lied.

It's true that they spent all their money on the 'production cost'.

So it was a staged truth.

Although the 3 Months and 100 Days fandom was not aware of this situation, they gained momentum.

The logic is perfect.

Because the fandom is small, they won't start a fight, but if an attack comes, they can punish it without mercy.

-Just because your kids can't do it doesn't mean our kids can't either.

-If you're a rookie who hasn't received your payment, you may not be able to do it, but... Oh, no. I'll stop here!

-Why is doing something for the fans tarnishing the culture?

In this situation, the number of subscribers to Sedalbaekil's fan club began to skyrocket.

All of those who were debating whether to do it or not signed up, and even among those who thought they would not do it, quite a few changed their choice.

Even among those who thought, 'I won't do it even if I die,' there were people who joined.

-Ah, I hated it for three months and 100 days because of Hansion, but now it's spring again.

- ㅇㅇㅇ doesn't seem like he's being mean, but he seems to secretly respect his fans.

-Honestly, even though I thought the music was good, I didn't have the heart to criticize it... I think I got a little carried away this time.

-There are many people who sell tribute items to Joongongara, and they are in good condition. Even if they don't help you, they support you.

This is because there were people who were obsessed with the narrative that people who did not have a company used all their own money to produce the kit.

At about this point, the way show business looked at the three months began to change.

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Show business is a place where you make money by touching people's emotions.

So, at first glance, it seems like industry members make business decisions based on instinct and intuition.

In reality, it's the opposite.

A drama with a 13% viewership rating that is criticized by the entire nation as a bad drama is better than a drama with a 3% viewership rating that is praised as a masterpiece.

Even if the quality of the goods is criticized as being trash, if it generates good sales, it is a good planned product.

Since instinct and intuition cannot be quantified, I became obsessed with recording.

Therefore, the show business industry was not interested in Sedalbaekil's fan kit, merchandise, or music revenue.

What they were interested in was 'fan club numbers'.

It is growing at an unusual rate.

"Three months and one hundred days, should we invite them? "I think it would be appropriate to be a guest."

"Wouldn't CEO Choi Dae-ho make a fuss?"

"Oh, that's right. The back end of that cup is also long... … ."

"Once someone steps forward and takes the arrow, we will recruit them later."

"Wouldn't it be meaningful to be the first to recruit?"

"And then there are cases where you can't recruit Ryan forever."

"Oh, that's a bit scary."

But we haven't crossed the line yet.

If someone steps forward and bravely starts a wave of recruitment, I think there will be one after another.

There is no number 1 hitter.

However, they don't want to be the mole that gets hit by Choi Dae-ho's hammer by taking the initiative.

"Let's just keep an eye on it for now."

So, I ended up making this decision.

However, on the contrary, there were places where there was a three-month-long competition for casting.

It was a university festival.

Many college festivals are held in May, but there are also many fall college festivals held in September and October.

This is where we started recruiting for three months and a hundred days.

From the perspective of the student council planning the festival, Sedalbaekil was a perfect guest.

First of all, it's cheap.

As it is the festival season when demand is high, it is a time when celebrities' ransoms skyrocket, but the prices are reasonable.

There were many places where I took a quick peek and was surprised and asked, 'This is all they do?'

Plus, it's famous.

I don't know how long this popularity will last, but in line with recent issues, favorable popularity is on the rise.

Lastly, there are many hit songs.

Usually, when you come to a college festival, the concert lasts about 15 to 30 minutes, but Sedalbaekil had the ability to fill the entire festival with hit songs.

There was no reason not to call.

There were even some universities that were recruiting additional players to the already confirmed lineup.

Industry officials who knew exactly about this situation thought that the three months were like a ignited fuse.

There are good meanings and bad meanings.

The good meaning was that once the fuse had burned out, it would explode.

The bad meaning was that it meant nothing if the fuse was cut in the middle.

First of all, three months and one hundred days were set on fire.

However, there are many external forces trying to put out the fire, and there are many people who want to cut it off with a knife.

There would be many temptations in the future for Sedalbaekil, who even revealed that he was an independent.

If you can recruit some of the members to form a new team, it is possible to launch a boy group with a low probability of failure.

In this situation, can 3 months and 10 days maintain the spark?

It was bound to be the biggest concern in the show business industry at the moment.

But what they didn't know... … .

It was said that Si On Han did not light just one flame.

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Media Content Colors Media.

Paul, the Color Show chief manager who works here, received an absurd email this morning.

No, rather than being absurd, it was an unbelievable email.

To summarize, it was simple.

Staff dispatched to a documentary on HBO got to know a musician.

He is a friend of Chris Edwards and is an unknown genius who is preparing to co-compose music with the masters who appear in the documentary.

However, that genius is a Korean K-pop boy group artist.

So, I receive the boy group's video portfolio and send it to them.

This boy group hopes to appear in the color show, and we think it's positive.

'What kind of bullshit is this?'

It made me wonder if he drank oil thinking it was coffee.

Even if I read it carefully again, it is strange.

An unknown genius preparing to co-compose music with great artists is a K-pop boy group?

How on earth do you co-compose with great artists if you are not known?

It's a logical structure that I don't know where to start pointing out.

No, it's harder to believe than that.

Paul sighed, shook his head, and played the video.

After checking, I thought I should say something to the staff.

but.

"… … !"

The 'seizure button' of the color show prepared by Han Si-on was pressed.